Thursday, November 5, 2009

A Facebook Chat With My Son

As some of you know, my oldest son is away at college…now that he’s a sophomore, I don’t freak out any more when realizing he’s hundreds of miles away from me. That only happened during his freshman year. We stay in touch via Facebook, where we’ve always had a very open, honest relationship where we can pretty much talk about anything.

As an example, here is our conversation from the other night on Facebook:

Me: I saw your status the other day – you said you were sick. What’s wrong?

Son: I was sick.

Me: I realize that. I saw that. What were your symptoms?

Son:

Me: Hello? Are you there? What were your symptoms? Was it H1N1?

Son: I was in bed for two days.

Me: Why? Are you still sick? Was it Swine?

Son:

Me: Hello?

Me: Hello? Are you there??!!

Son:

Me:

I wasn't responding by this time because I was beating my head against the wall.

My son could be in the ICU unit for all I know. We communicate so well.

So, are your conversations with your college-aged kids along the same lines? Do you text? Talk on the phone? Facebook? Not talk at all? I'm just curious as to how other parents communicate. I obviously need assistance.

4 comments:

Love it. Totally love it. And hate it. This whole empty nest thing never gets any easier, does it? And now I'm starting to get EN with my granddaughters. I told my husband we're moving away when the youngest gets into Kindergarten. I hate when they leave....dang it. Hope your son is OK and that you didn't need too many stitches from banging your head on the wall! ha!